French Shallot, Toulouse Sausage and Borlotti Bean Stew
This stew has all the flavour of a slow cooked casserole but takes under an hour to cook. The Toulouse sausages add great depth to the dish too.
Serves: 4-6
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
£1.68 per serving
You’ll need
12 shallots, peeled and left whole
8 Toulouse sausages or spicy/Lincolnshire sausage
2 cloves of garlic, cut into slivers
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium carrot, peeled and diced
400g can borlotti beans, drained
400g can of tomatoes
150g shredded Savoy cabbage
1 tbsp chopped parsley
500 ml chicken stock
100ml red wine
Black pepper and sea salt
Bay leaf
What to do
Heat the olive oil in a heavy based sauté pan or saucepan and add the shallots and sausages and sauté for 4-5 minutes, browning them all over.
Add the carrots and sauté for a further 3 minutes, not colouring them too much. Add the garlic and cook for a further 30 seconds, then add the tomatoes, beans, half the wine, stock, bay leaf, season well with sea salt and black pepper.
Bring to the boil and simmer for a further 15 minutes on a low heat. If the soup becomes too thick, add a little more stock, then add the finely shredded cabbage, parsley and the rest of the red wine.
Mix well and cook for a further 5 minutes, until the cabbage is just cooked.
Slice the sausages into three, place in a bowl, and pour over all the bean soup.
Season to taste. Serve with crusty bread and chopped parsley.
Recipe courtesy of UK Shallot
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